Kamala Harris said she will sit down for a media interview by the end of August after being repeatedly criticized by Republicans for not doing one.
Harris has not given an in-depth interview since she became the Democratic presidential nominee.
But she told reporters on Thursday night that 'I've talked to my team. I want us to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month.'
She did not indicate a more specific date or what news outlet she would sit down with.
Kamala Harris said she would sit down for a media interview by the end of August
Harris is spending Friday campaigning in Arizona as part of her battleground state tour with running mate Tim Walz.
She spoke to journalists traveling with her, taking questions shortly after her Republican rival Donald Trump held an hour-long press conference at his Florida home of Mar-a-Lago.
In his remarks, Trump alleged that Harris is 'not smart enough to do a news conference.'
'And I'm sorry, we need smart people to lead this country.'
Harris did not address a few topics when asked about them by reporters, including criticism of Walz for his military record.
But the Democratic nominee confirmed she will Trump on September 10th, a debate that will be hosted by ABC News.
But she did not agree to Trump's proposal for two more debates: Sept. 4 with Fox News or Sept. 25 with NBC.
In fact, she seemed to indicate the September 4th debate was off the table, noting she wanted see if Trump shows up for the Sept. 10 event before making a decision.
'I am happy to have that conversation about an additional debate after September 10, for sure,' she said.
Trump skipped all the Republican primary debates and pulled out of one debate with Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The former president also had exited the ABC debate, which he originally agreed to when Biden was still the nominee, before re-agreeing to attend.
Harris wouldn't comment on Trump's wide-ranging freewheeling press conference on Thursday, saying she didn't see it because she was too busy talking to voters. Harris was campaigning in Michigan at the time.
'I am beyond trying to speculate about how he thinks,' she said when asked about some of Trump's criticism.
Trump was visibly angry at points in his press conference. He slammed his Democratic rival repeatedly, calling her the 'politically correct' choice for a nominee, questioning her intellect and questioning if she should be on the ticket.
He dubbed her the 'first loser' and said repeatedly she had gotten 'no votes.'
He appeared to be referring to the 2020 Democratic primary contest. Harris, who was running for president at the time, dropped out of the race before the first nominating contest, which was Iowa's caucuses. Her campaign had been plagued by infighting and bad management.
She eventually became Biden's running mate.
'She was the first loser,' Trump said. 'She was the first one to quit, and she quit. She had no votes, no support, and she was a bad debater, by the way, very bad debater.'
Trump will be campaigning in Montana on Friday night.
Donald Trump proposed three debates with Kamala Harris
Harris, in her short back-and-forth with reporters, also didn't address criticism of Walz's military record.
'Listen, I praise anyone who has presented themselves to serve our country. And I think that we all should,' she said.
The Minnesota governor was accused of quiting his National Guard unit after it was informed it was being deployed for Iraq.
He served for more than two decades in the Army National Guard, and that was part of his appeal to Harris, who has no military experience.
The timing of his separation from the military surfaced during his 2018 campaign for governor.
Retired Command Sergeant Major Thomas Behrends of the Minnesota National Guard accused Walz of having 'embellished' his record and of having abandoned his unit when he left the Guard to run for Congress.
Walz dismissed the charges, calling them a 'bipartisan political attack.'
'After completing 20 years of service in 2001, I re-enlisted to serve our country for an additional four years following Sept. 11 and retired the year before my battalion was deployed to Iraq in order to run for Congress,' he wrote at the time.
Walz, 60, enlisted in the Guard at the age of 17. He became the highest-ranking enlisted soldier to serve in Congress.
